Re: Mac Excel (Office 2008) and Windows xlsx Files
- From: Milenkod <milenkod@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:22:24 -0800 (PST)
On Dec 14, 2:08 pm, CyberTaz <onlygeneralt...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm afraid I don't really have a solution for you, but perhaps a few points
for consideration or directions to pursue;
First, altering the extension does absolutely nothing to change the file
type or in any way "fix" a file. In fact, it can do more harm than good.
What is your exact update level of Mac Office?
How were the files transferred from Win to Mac? That can make a difference -
browsers & email software have been known to cause issues. Have you tried
zipping the files before transporting from one platform to the other? Saving
directly to a USB Stick rather than using WinExplorer to copy can present
less than satisfactory results.
FWIW, I have approx. 100 .xlsx & .xlsm files, all of which were created on a
PC, and have no problem opening any of them in 2008 on either of my Macs.
There are some that will open as Read Only [with appropriate notification] &
some that advise of features used which are not supported by 2008, but none
refuse to open or produce the error message you're reporting.
Are there any features, automations, or other types of content in the files
that could be contributing to the problem? That could explain why saving in
the older format resolves the issue - the obstacles are being converted at
the source. Do any of the sheet names use special characters of any kind?
What else can you say about files involved?
The files were transfered thus: the Windows machine is connected to my
AirportExtreme Base Station. The iMac is wireless. I logged onto the
Windows machine though the iMac and copied them over to the iMac.
Both the Windows and Mac Office have the most recent updates applied.
Quite a few of the files that do work are read-only but I can't
perform a "save-as". Most of those files happen to be older revisions
of the same files I can't open (they've been updated with added
information as the data was developed). Some of the read-only files
do report something about VB scripts and macros not compatible in Mac
Office. That's the odd thing...the older files with less data have
only that...less data and it's only financial info in the cells. No
macros or scripts that I can think of.
I'll try to copy them to a USB drive on the Windows machine. I need
to figure it out soon as that Windows machine is being gifted to
someone else.
.
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